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APPLICATION FILED OCT- '0, IQIH. 1,310,424. Patented July 22, 1919.

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W. LUCOFF.

LAUNDRY DRYING APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. I0, 1918.

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' the build-ing so as to expose the articles to adjacent a window thereof for providing WAS EL LUGOFF, OF BRUSS MINE, ONTARIO, CANADA.

LAUNDRY DRYING APPLIANCE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented July 22, 1919.

Application filed October 10, 1918. Serial No. 257,618.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WASEL Looorr, a subis a specification.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of ready means carried by abuilding whereby laundry or other articles rnay be readily suspended by an operator W1thin the outside air for drying and airing purposes.

A further object of the invention is the provision of means carried by a building normally housed clothes line means at a convenient point within the building, while a supporting member for the line eXteriorly of the building is readily adjusted from the housing portion of the invention.

With these general objects in view-and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same 0on sists of the combination and arrangementof parts illustrated in the accompanying drawings and in which like referencecharaote'rs designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

In the drawings, 1 1

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through a side wall portion of a building provided with the invention illustrated in side elevation with parts broken away.

Fig.2 is a horizontal sectional view taken upon line II-II of Fig. 1

Fig.3 is an elevational view taken within the building showing the housing portionof the invention open.

Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view of the housing closed, taken upon line IVIV of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the windlass bracket.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the swinging pulley mechanism for the inner end of the clothes line and Fi 7 is a detail sectional view taken substantially upon line VII-VII of Fig. 3.

Referring more indetail to the drawings, a portion of a building is herein illustrated having an outer wall 10,with a room 11 of the building serviceable as a laundry, and

provided with a floor 12, a window casing 13 being provided in said wall having a swinging window sash 14:. i A box-shaped housing 15 within the room 11 adjacent the window 13 is preferably seated upon the fioor12 in contact with the inner side of the wall 10 and has two sides thereof 16 and 17 secured together and hinged as at 18 to the adjacent side 19 of the housing, whereby the sides 16, 17 are readily opened and closed at will.

A strut or pole 20 is hinged as .at 21 to a block 22 secured exteriorly of the building preferably to the outer face of the wall 10 at a point beneath the window 13 and a grooved pulley 23 is journaled in the free end of said strut.

A cord 24 is attachedas at 25 to the strut 20 and slidably passes through a bushing 26 through the wall 10' and then downwardly to the winding drum 27 of the Windlass within the housing 15. The drum 27 is j ournaled in a bracket 28 mounted upon the bottom 29 of the housing 15 and is also journaled to the adjacent side 30 of thehousing. A crank 31 is provided for the drum 27 whereby the cord 24 may be wound upon the drum for elevating the strut 20'to its inoperative position substantially vertically yertical position, depending J beneath the window 13.

An arm 32 is hinged as at 33 to a support 34 secured within the housing 15 while a post 35 upon the arm has a grooved pulley 36 journaled therein. An endless clothes line 37 runs over the pulleys 23 and 36 and extends through the window casing 13, the clothes line being free to move upon the said pulleys when the window 14 is open and the arm 32 is swung outwardly of the casing 15 with the pulley 36 inwardly of the window 13 as best illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

The clothes or other articles may be positioned upon the line 37 from a point within the room 11 and moved outwardly of, the

building through the window 13 by operating the clothese line 37 in substantially the usual manner. I

When the clothes line 37 is not desired for use, the Windlass 27 may be turned for winding up the cord 24 and permitting the arm 32 to be retracted within the housing 15 as illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings and by dotted lines in Fig. 2 thereof, it being understood that slackened portion of the clothes line may be drawn inwardly through the window 14 and deposited within the housing 15 while a notch 38 is provided in the side of the window casing 14 for accommodating the clothes line 37 therethrough when the window is closed. The strut may be formed of any length desired and when not in use, may be left either in its inclined or horizontal position as found desirable while the operating mechanism is inclosed out of the way within the housing 15 upon closing the cover members 16 and 17, which may be secured closed by a suitable lock 39. The support 84: is provided with a perforation 40 at a point above the Windlass 27 through which the cord 24% passes from the bushing 26 for substantially centering the cord during the winding operation. A strong and serviceable arrangement is provided by which a person within a building may readily hang up and take down clothes without leaving the building while the invention may be readily adapted to the outer wall adjacent the window of any room which is found desirable.

What I claim as new is l. A laundry appliance adapted for attachment to a building having a window opening therein comprising a block secured to the outer wall of the building beneath said window, a strut hinged to said block, a pulley journaled in the outer end of said strut, a bracket secured inwardly of said window opening, a vertical post movably supported by said bracket, a pulley journaled in the upper end of said post, said post normally lying out of the plane of the window opening and adapted to be moved to position the pulley carried thereby in alinement with the strut. pulley with a clothes line positioned thereon, and means controlled Within the building for raising and lowering the strut arm.

2. A laundry appliance adapted for attachment to a building having a window opening therein comprising a block secured to the outer wall of the building beneath said window, a strut hinged to said block, a pulley journaled in the outer end of said strut, a bracket secured inwardly of said window opening, a vertical post movably supported by said bracket, a pulley journaled in the upper end of said post, said post normally lying out of the plane of the window opening and adapted to be moved to position the pulley carried thereby in alinement with the strut pulley with a clothes line positioned thereon, a window shaft journaled in said building, and a rope extending between said strut and shaft for raising and lowering the strut.

3. A laundry appliance adapted for attachment to a building having a window opening therein comprising a block secured to the outer wall of the building beneath said window, a strut hinged to said block, a pulley journaled in the outer end of said strut, a bracket secured inwardly vof said window opening, a vertical post movably supported by said bracket, a pulley journaled in the upper end of said post, said post normally lying out of the plane of the window opening and adapted to be moved to position the pulley carried thereby in alinement with the strut pulley with a clothes line positioned thereon, a winding shaft journaled in said building and positioned at all times laterally of the window opening, a rope for raising and lowering said strut extending between the strut and window shaft, and means for normally operating said winding shaft.

In testimony whereof I afl'ix my signature.

WASEL LUCOFF.

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